craquer
French
Etymology
From Middle French craquer, from Middle Dutch kraken (“to crack, crackle”), from Old Dutch *krakōn, from Frankish *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“to crow, shout”).
Cognate with Old High German krahhōn, Old English cracian. More at crack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁa.ke/
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Verb
craquer
- (ergative) to split, to break
- (organic chemistry) to crack (petroleum)
- (intransitive) to crack, to creak, to crunch
- (informal, intransitive) to give up, to break down, to crack
- (informal, followed by pour) to fall for, to become infatuated with, to yield to, give in to, fall in love with
- Elle est vraiment belle. J'ai craqué pour elle.
- She's so beautiful. I've fallen in love with her.
Conjugation
Conjugation of craquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | craquer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | craquant /kʁa.kɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | craqué /kʁa.ke/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | craque /kʁak/ | craques /kʁak/ | craque /kʁak/ | craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ | craquez /kʁa.ke/ | craquent /kʁak/ |
imperfect | craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ | craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ | craquait /kʁa.kɛ/ | craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ | craquiez /kʁa.kje/ | craquaient /kʁa.kɛ/ | |
past historic2 | craquai /kʁa.ke/ | craquas /kʁa.ka/ | craqua /kʁa.ka/ | craquâmes /kʁa.kam/ | craquâtes /kʁa.kat/ | craquèrent /kʁa.kɛʁ/ | |
future | craquerai /kʁa.kʁe/ | craqueras /kʁa.kʁa/ | craquera /kʁa.kʁa/ | craquerons /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ | craquerez /kʁa.kʁe/ | craqueront /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ | craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ | craquerait /kʁa.kʁɛ/ | craquerions /kʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ | craqueriez /kʁa.kə.ʁje/ | craqueraient /kʁa.kʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | craque /kʁak/ | craques /kʁak/ | craque /kʁak/ | craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ | craquiez /kʁa.kje/ | craquent /kʁak/ |
imperfect2 | craquasse /kʁa.kas/ | craquasses /kʁa.kas/ | craquât /kʁa.ka/ | craquassions /kʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/ | craquassiez /kʁa.ka.sje/ | craquassent /kʁa.kas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | craque /kʁak/ | — | craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ | craquez /kʁa.ke/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- à craquer
- craquage
- craquant
- craquelin
Further reading
- “craquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.